Paarl: Premiere Australia pacer Pat Cummins, who is ranked fifth in the ICC ODI rankings, took his 100th wicket in the fifty over format in the match against South Africa at Boland Park here. Cummins completed 100 wickets in his 62nd appearance for Australia.
Before the match, the pacer was two scalps away from the 100 wickets milestone. In the ongoing match, he bagged Temba Bavuma (26) and debutant Kyle Verreynne (48) to complete his 100 ODI scalps.
Interestingly, Cummins made his ODI debut against Proteas in Centurion in 2011. The right-arm pacer had clinched four wickets against South Africa in the recently concluded T20I series. The series was won by Australia 2-1.
The 26-year-old has played 30 Tests and picked 143 wickets with an average of 21.82. He is also the number one Test bowler. The pacer has featured in 28 shortest format games and scalped 36 wickets so far.
Heinrich Klaasen's maiden international ton guided South Africa to a 74-run win.
